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No. OXLV. 

THE MINOR DRAMA. 



COLUMBUS 

EL FILIBUSTERO! 

S^Uehj anir aubiiciouslu Original 



HISTRICO-PLAGARISTIC, ANTE-NATIONAL, PBE-PATRIOTIC, 
AND COMIC CONFUSION OF CIRCUMSTANCES, 



RUNNING THROUGH 



TWO ACTS AND POUR CENTURIES. 

BY JOHN BROUGHAM, Comedian. 



AS PERFORMED AT BURTON THEATRE, DECEMBER, 1857. 
And at the Holiday Strep '.heatre, Baltimore, 1858. 



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TOL. I; 
lien 
t Fkdo 

I Th« L«dT af Ljroiu 
t KUtaeUau 
i The Wife 
6 The HoDejmoon 
r The Sohool for Soandal 

8 Hone; 

VOL. II. 

9 'JTb* Stranger 

10 Orandfather Whitehead 

11 Rlohard III 

13 Love's S&orlfloe 
IS The Gamester 

14 A. Core for the Heartaoba 

15 The Hanohbaok 

16 Bon Ctesar de Bazan 

VOL. III. 
IT The Poor OeuUMsan 

18 Hamlat 

19 Chu-les II 

JO Venice Preserred <g 

ai Pliarro 

2i The Lore Chase 

23 Ottaells 

U Lend me Five Shilling 

VOL. IV. 
36 Virglnius 

36 King of the Commorji 

37 London Assurance 

38 The Rent Daj 

39 Two GeutlemenofVerona 
30 The Jealous Wife 
SI Tb6 Rivals 
S3 Perfection 

VOL. V. [Debts 
S3 A New Way ts Pay Old 
SI Look Before Tou Leap 
35 King John 
S6 Nervous Man 
67 Pamon and PjtMas 
S8 Clandestine Marriage 
<9 WilUam Tell 
M. D»r after the Wedding 

TOL. VI. 
41 Bpeed the Plough 
43 Romeo and JaU«t 

43 Feudal Ti«Ms 

44 Charles the Twelfth 
46 The Bridal 

46 The FolUes of a Night 

47 Iron Chest [Fair LaAv 
4« Faiut Heart N*ver Won 

VOL. VII. 
4# Road to Bi4n 

60 Maobeth 

61 Temper 

62 Evadna 

63 Bertram 

64 The DueBsa 

65 Much Ad« A)>*at NatUag 

66 The Ontle 

VOL. vni, 

67 The Apo«Uts 

68 Twelfth Night 
60 Brutus 

60 SimpsoD & Co 

61 Mersbant of V*<U«e 
«3 Old (leads&Yo<ui«Heartr. 
6} Uoantaineers (')^« 

64 Three Week* aftw Vv- 

VOL. IX. 

65 Love 

66 As Yon Llkx It 
«T Tae Elder Kratbec 
«S Werner 

69 Oistppus 

70 Town and Cti\uUxji 

71 King Lear 
73 Blue Deviia V 

VOL. I. »* 

73 Hearr VIU 

74 Harried and SlngU 

75 Henry IV 

76 Paul Prj 

77 Out Mannsrlng 
T8 Swesthearu aod Wives 
Za HcTlotw family 
M She SV)ups to Couqutt«- 



VOL. XI. 
81 Joilus Ctesar 
83 y loar of Wakefield 

83 Leap Year 

84 ,The Oatspaw 
SSnibe Passing Oload 

86 Drankard 

87 Bob Roy 

88 Qeorge Barnwell 

VOL. XII. 

89 Ingomar 

90 Sketches In India 

91 Two Friends 

92 Jane Shore 

93 Oorsicau Brothers 

94 Mind your own Business 

95 Writing on uie Wall 

96 Heir at Law 

VOL. XIII. 

97 Soldier's Daughter 

98 Douglas 
09 Uaroo S^pada 

100 Nature' s Nobleman 

101 Sardanapaiug 
'02 Oivlliiation 
lOS The Robbers 
104 Katharine and Petruchio 

VOL. XIV. 
10^ Game of Love 
104 Midsummer Night's 
107 Ernestine [Dre>m 



108 [Rag Picker of Paris 

109 (Flying Dutchman 

110 bypoorlte 

111 ^herese 

112 La Tour de Nesle 
VOL. XV. 

113 Ireland As It Is 

114 Sea of Ice 

115 Seven Clerks 

116 Game of Life 

117 Forty Thieves 

118 Aryan Boroihmt> 

119 Romance and Reality 

120 Dgolino 
. VOL. XVI. 

121 %be Tempest 

122 The Pilot 

133 Carpenter of Rouen 

134 King's Rival 

125 Little Treasure 

126 Dombey and Son 

127 Parents and Guardians 
138 Jewess 

VOL. XVII 
129 Oamilie 
130, Married Life 
ISI Wenlock ef Wenlock 
1*2 Rose of Ettrlckvale 

133 David Copperfleld 

134 Aline, or the Rose of 
1S5 Pauline [Killarney 
169 Jane Eyre 

VOL. XVIII. 

137 Night and Morning 

138 iBthiop 
189 Three Guardsmen 

140 Tom Cringle 

141 Henrlutte, the Forsaken 
143 Eustache Baudiu 

, 143 Ernest Maltravers 
("-«• 144 Bold Dragoons 
""^ VOL. XIX. 

145 Dred, or the Dismal 
[Swamp 

146 Last Days of Pam|l A 

147 Esmeralda 

148 Peter Wilklns 

149 Ben the Boatswain 

150 Jonathan Bradford 

151 Retribution 
153 MineraU 

^OL. XX. 
153 Freirch Spy 
lo4 Wept of Wish-ton Wish 
155 Evil Genius 
,156 Ben Bolt 

157 Sailor of Francs 

158 Red Mask 

159 Life ef an Actress 

160 Wedding Day 



VOL. IXI. 
161 All's Fairin Love 
163 Hofer 

163 Self 

164 CludereUa 

165 Phantom • 

166 Franklin [Mosoow 

167 The Gunmaker of 

168 The Love of a Prince 
VOL. XXII. 

169 Son of the Niglit 
170Rory O'More 
171 Golden Eagle 
173£ienti 

173 Broken Sword 

174 Bip Van Winkle 

175 IsabeUe 

176 Heart of Mid Lothian 
VOL. XXIII. 

,177 Actress of Padua 

178 Floating Beacon 

179 Bride of Lamermoor 
180 'Cataract of the Gauges 
181 Bobber of the Rhine 
183 School of Reform 

183 Wanderlut Buys 

184 Uazeppa 
VOL. XXIV. 

185 Toung New York 

186 The Victim* 

187 Romance after Marriag: 

188 Brigand 
d9 Poor of New York 

190 Ambrose Gwinett 

191 Raymond and Agnes 

192 Gambler's Fate 

VOL. XXV. 

193 Father and Sou 

194 Massaniello 

195 Sixteen Siring Jack 

196 Youthful Queen 
197. Skeleton Witness 

198 Innkeeper of Abbeville 

199 Miller and his Men 

200 Aladdin 

VOL. XXVl. 

201 Adrlenne the Actress 
303 Undine 
zoa, Jessie Browo 
204i^Asmodeus 
306 Iformons 

206 Blanche of Brandywlne 

207 Viola 
308 Deseret Deserted 

VOL. X.KVII. 
209 Americans In Paris 

310 Vlotorine 

311 Wizard of the Wave 
213 Castle Spectre 
213 Horse-shoe Robinson 

314 Armand, Mrs Mowatt 

315 Fashion, Mrs Mowatt 
216 Glance at New York 

VOL. XXVIII. 
317 Inooncitant 
218 Unole Tom's Cabin 
219i Guide to the Stage 
220 Veteran 

231 Miller of New Jersey 
323 Dark Hour before Dawn 
223 Mldsum'rNigbts Dream 
[Laura Keeue's Editiou 
2'24 Art and Artifice 
VOL. X.'^IX 
325 Poor Young Man 
226 Ossawattomie Brown 
■227 Pope of Rome 
22* Oliver Twist 
2'29 Pauvrette 

230 Man in the Iron Mask 

231 Knlgut of Arva 
■iJ2 Moll Pitcher 

VOL. XXX. 

233 Black Ered Susan 

234 SaUn iu Paris 

235 Rosina Meadows (ei 
336 West End, or Irish Hei 



237 Six Degrees of Crime 

238 The Lady and the Devil _., 

239 Avenger.iirMoorof 6ici-l3l9 Ivanhoe 
40 Masks and Faces |ly|320 Jonathan in Englatxl 



VOL. XXXI. 
2il Merry Wlven of Windsor 
3i2 Mary's Birthday 
24S Shandy Magulre 
2ii Wild Uats 
245 Michael Erie 
2M Idiot (Vitness 
3i7 Willow Copse 
348 People's Lawyer 
VOL. XXXII. 
Ua The Boy Martyrs 
360 Lnorp'ia Borgia 
251 Surgeon of Paris 
253 Patrician's Daughter 
253 Shoemaker of Toulouse 
25i Momentous Question 
255 Love and Loyalty 
356 Robber's Wife 

VOL. XXXIII. 

257 Dumb Girl of Genoa 

258 Wreck Ashore 

259 Clari 

260 Bnral PeUoity 

261 Wallace 

262 Madelaine 

263 The Fireman 

264 Grist to the Mill 
VOL. XXXIV. 

366 Ivo Loves and a Life 

266 Annie Biake 

267 Steward 

268 Captain Kyd 

269 Nick of the Wooda 

270 Marble Heart 

271 Second Love 
273* Dream at Sea 

VOL. XXXV. 
37S Breach of Promise 

274 Review 

275 Lady of the Lake 

276 Still Water Runs Deep 

277 The Scholar 

278 Helping Hands 

279 Faust and Marguerite 

280 Last Man 
VOL. XXXVI. 

381 Belle' s Stratagem 

282 Old and Youns 

283 RafTaella 
234 Ruth Oakley 
285 British Slave 
2gU A Life's Ransom 

387 Glralda 

388 Time Tries All 
VOL. XXXVII. 

'289 Ella Rosenburg 

290 Warlock of the Glen 

291 Zelina 
293 Beatrice 

293 Neighbor Jaokwosd 

294 Wouder 

295 Robert Emmet 
396 Green Bushes 

VOL. XXXVIII. 
297 Flowers of the Fore -J 
293 A Bachelor of Arts 

299 The Midnight Banquet 

300 Husband of an Hour 

301 Love's Labor Lost 

302 Naiad Queen 

303 Caprice 

304 Cradle of Liberty 
VOL. XXXIS. 

305 The Lost Ship 

306 Couutry Squire 

307 Fraud and its Victims 

308 Putnam 

309 King and Deserter 

310 La Fiammina 

311 A Hard Stmgglo 

312 OwinusUo Vaugbaa 
VOL. XL. 

315 The Love Knot [Judge 
314 Lavater, or Not a Bad 
.115 The Noble Heart 

316 Corlolanus 

317 The Winter's Tale 

318 Eveleeu Wilson 



(Cataloyxjx continued on third pagt of cover.) 



THE MINOR DRAMA 

Sfje ^ctfiifl EDi'tfoii. 
No. CXLV. 



COLUMBUS 

EL FILIBUSTERO!! 



& XKW AXD AUDACIOUSLY ORIGINAL niSTORICO-PLAGI ARISTIC, AN'TK* 

NATIONAL, PRE-PATRIOTIC, AND OMNI-LOCAL CONFUSION 

OF CIRCUMSTANCES, RUNNING THROUGU 

TAVO ACTS AlVD FOUK CEIVTURIES, 



BY JOHN BROUGHAM, COMEDIAN. 



Entered according to Act of Cougress, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Firty Seven 
by John Brougham, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, 
for the Southern District of New Yorli. 



AS PERFORMED AT BURTON'S THEATRE, DECEMBER, 1857 
AND AT HOLLIDAY STREET THEATRE, BALTIMORE, 1858. 



NEW y R K • 

SAMUEL F R E N C H, 

122 Nassau Street, (Up Stairs.) 






iJSTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS, 

GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT. 



FERDINAND, King of Arragon — an aggressive and 
progressive monarch, of rather a speculative turn, 
■with a good many irons on the fire, besides an 
ej'c on Castile, - - - - 

JUAN RODERIGUES DE FONSEC A. Archdeacon 
of Seville, keeper of the king's conscience, [a 
liandsome sinecure,] and court spiritual adviser 
generally, therefore, naturally opposed to Colum- 
bus and the spread of knowledge, 

FERNANDO DE TALAVERA, an old picture, very 
much improved by time, 

LUIS DE ST. ANGEL, a contented office-holder, 
pursuing the even tenor of his way, 

ALONZO DE QUINTANELLA, a courtier of much 
lower note, . . . - - 

DON CHRISTOVAL COLON alias COLUMBUS, a 
clairvoyant voyager, whose filibustering expedi- 
tion gave rise at the time to a world of speculation, 

DIEGO, a semicolon among the king's pages, 

VASCO NUNEZ, "1 Distinguished members f 

HERNANDO CORTEZ, I of the Historical Soci- J 
AMERIGO VESPUCCI, f etv, now meeting toge- j 
PONCE DE LEON, J ther for the first time. 1, 



SANCHO RUIS, 
PEDRO NINO, 
BARTOLOMEO, 
JUAN PEREZ, 

&c., &c. 



1 



A noisy crew 

of 

mutinous Seapoys. 



Mr. Mark Smith. 



Mr. Holman. 



Mr. Barrett. 



Mr. Alleyne. 



Mr. GledhilL 



Mr. Brougham. 

Miss Orten. 

Mr. Hurley. 

Mr. Atkins. 

Mr. Paul. 

Mr. Lawson. 

Mr. McRae, 
Mr. Bishop. 

Mr. Hayes. 

Mr. Bruce. 



ISABELLA, wife of Ferdinand, possessor of half-a- 
crown by marriage rite, and a whole one by right 
of having to carry its weight on her own shoulders, Mrs. Holman. 

COLUMBIA, a national debutante, her first appear- 
ance on any stage, - - . Mrs. L. W. Davenport. 

LITTLE MISS KANSAS, a discordant element, Miss Taylor. 

Members of Reception Committee, Aldermen, Discontented Politicians, 

Independent Voters, and oiher natural curiosities by 

Competent Representatives. 

Full-grown States, Juvenile Territories, &c., by an Energetic Host cl 
Auxiliaries. 



QiFT 

EST. OF J. H. CORNING 

JUNE 20. 19AO 



COLUMBUS. 



ACT I. 

SCENE I. — Uall of Audience in King Ferdinand' s Palace. 
King, Queen, and an entire pack of court cards, discovered. 

Complimentary Chorus, ["Gustavits,"] hy the courtiers, enth%itiasii$ 
and ecomiastic, as in duty hound. 
Hail ! oh, king of Arragon ! 
Reign ! oh, princely paragon ! 
• Down upon your marrowbone, 

Long live the king 1 
jNIonarch mightier is he, sir. 
Than Joe Smith or Julius Caesar, 
Brigham Young or Nebuchudnezzar, 

Long live the king ! 
And hail to Isabella, too. 
For she's a right good fellow, too, 
And a right good tune to bellow to, 

Is long live the queen I 
Shfi's fairer than the fairest fairy, 
Sweeter than the Scottish Mary, 
Nymph or Nereiad there's n'ary 
One like our queen. 

[Cheers from the adminisiraiion. 
King. This cheering fire, defenders of the great, 
Is grateful to our royal tympanum, of late 
Elated by our victories among 
Those mongrel Moors, to hear our praises sung 
We've had no time ; but now the wars are ended, 
And in the usual way, our faith defended, 
That is by slaying every slavish minion 
Who dares to difter with us in opinion. 



ft coLUJir.us. 

Althongli by proxy those great deeds were done, 

We think we've earned the right to have some funj 

So loud let every office-holder shout, 

Or else ve'll send them to the right about. 

[The several sticks shout accordingly 

Louder, you puddiri' heads, aldermen and all. 

Or else our city hall we'll overhaul, 

And cut your heavy jobs and contracts down, 

And then we'll see who'll represent the town. 

Tell us what news is stirring in the city 1 
Fonseca. So please you, sire, the Vigilance Commiltee 

A foolish foreigner this day has found. 

Who swears, confound him, that the world is round, 

And swings, on what the fellow calls its axis, 

Just once a year. 
King. He's thinking of the taxes. 
Fonseca. It taxes both credulity and patience 

To listen to the mountebank's relations. 
Queen. Perhaps he's right — let's ask him here to sup, 

There may be something in 

King. My love, shut up. 

Fonseca. But that's not all he says. 

King. I want to know. 

What does he say 1 
Fonseca. He says, my liege, below 

There is a corresponding half-world 

King. We know better 

For did it correspond we'd have a letter. 

We've nothing from that latitude, in fine 

We hav'n't had an equinoctial line — 

So it's all bosh. 
Queen. 'Twould be as well to hear 

The man himself. — 

King. Now, don't you interfere. 

Fonseca. And more than this — your majesty will laugh, 

Of course — the fool asserts, the other half 

Has mountains, vallies, seas, just like our own ; 

With men and women 

King. What, turned upside down I 

Strange kind of man, to think mankind, like flies, 

Could in such strange position stand — he lies. 
Fonseca. But, above all, the chap maintains that gold 

And precious gems lie there iu heaps untold. 
Queen. What, diamonds 1 
Fonseca. And pearls of countless price, 

Rubies and amethysts. 
Queen. Take my advice 

And look into this matter. 
King. You look out ; 

Bell, liold your tongue — we know what we're about. 



COLUMBUS. 

Let some one sunmion liere this foreign catifl 

Who thus presumes to know more than a native. 

Hast lieard his name " 
Fernando de Talevera. Columbus. 

King. That's a dove. 

Queen. I like it — 'tis the type of peace and love — 

You called me so at first. 
King. Be quiet, do ; 

Don't talk, my dove, until you head your coo. 

Who is this pigeon "? 
Fernando. I saw him hawking 

Some maps and charts ; sad and fatigued witli walking, 

He rested on a convent step — his son 

Lay near him, hunger-pinciied and wan 

With weakness — yet the heartless crowd passed on, 

Even without the tribute of a sigh. 

At length, a poor friar, himself not overfed, 

Gave to the wanderers a loaf of bread. 

The gift was timely, yet tiie proud man's soul, 

I plainly saw, revolted at the dole, 

Although 'twas thankfully received. He woke 

The famine-stricken boy, and quickly broke 

The loaf in two — one half the lad received, 

And with such ravenous haste — it deeper grieved 

The sorrowing man. I read his anxious fears; 
• I saw the dry crust moistened with his tears, 

And turned away dimsighted and heart-sick. 
King. I'll take my oath that friar was a brick. 

He's poor, it seems, despite of all his pains — 

Then, ten to one, the fellow's cursed with brains. 

If so, rU steal 'era, for mere brains alone are 

Seldom any use to the first owner. 

[Laughing heard wi-'houi 

Chorus. [Outside.] 

Laughing Chorus, ''Der Freischutz.'" 

Such madman's words, how shall we style 'era 1 
The ass has broke from some asylum ; 
A world across the western sea ! 
'Twon't do, Columbus — no, siree. 

JEcco Itdliani, ^'Trovaiore." 

Scizzerrere ! 

Oh fel magia mosbio 

As a marchera, che si won't returno, 

Scizzerere ! 

Ti hiraup to some trio, 

Predo, for here he cant Soggiurnol 



COLUMBUS. 

Columbus. [Without.] 

Bi guingo, lam orti the crowdo, 

Astar, nota onei se nir. 

Ah mi tiseri — 

Ah mi tiseri Mustay. 

Hadio hadio buta dimo 

To geta Sangarie. 

Cho7-us. 

Du tell, du tel guist erim 
The luni supposes notin. 
Scizzerere ! 
De te nim ti Sonli ad ute uno. 

Columhus. 
De te nim dainit, de te nim no. 

King. Go, bring him in — and now we'll pump him dryer 
Than the dry crust he got from that same friar. 

Queen. Unworthy thought. 

King. Bell, if there's any tiu, 

You'll tintinnabvdate — I mean ring in. 
If there's a chance, the main one you won't lose, 
But caution and precaution both we'll use. 
We'll see this mariner — if aught accrues 
From his projected cruise, we won't reject it. 
But with the glory of our reign connect it. 
By our own royal judgment we'll abide, 
And if we find him slippery, let him slide. 

Fa/^seca. I hope your majesty will deign to pause. 

Before this man, who scouts our mundane laws, 
You thus encourage — our estate it shocks 
Tliat he should trifle with the orthodox. 
The church has settled that the world is flat. 

K'.ig. There cannot be the slightest doubt of that. 

He comes — don't fear, we'll find out his intent?. 

Enter Columbus, peddling stationery. 

Ocl. Twenty-five maps of the world for four cents. 

King. Who are you, stranger, that with daring speech 

A new cosmogany presume to teach 1 
Col. A ci-devant poor flat-boat captain, sire. 

Kinq. Flat broke 'twould seem to judge from your attire. 

Go on, unfold yourself, pay out. 
Col. My lord, I will. 

will you oblise me with tlK> chord ! \To leader 



COLUMBUS. 4 

BioGi-iAPHic Cantata. 
Introductory Recitative. 

Mio simplissima storio dost thou requesto, 
Oh give earo unto mi relazioni, 
But if this foreign lingo, you cannot digesto 
I'll try the purissimo Anglo Saxoni. 

Aria Familiaria. 

My name it is Columbus, I was born in Genoa 

Of poor but honest parents, so the story always goes. 
My father was a mariner, and he mar-ri-ed my mother there, 

And I was the oifspring as you may readily suppose. 
Sweet infancy's days when the brain very little wit is in, 

As is mostly the case passed unconciously bj'e, 
Oh ray parent's expected I'd become a steady sober citizen, 

But I was bound to be a sailor boy, by jingo, or die. 

For many a long j'car I have plough'd the wild ocean. 

And many strange notians and natives have seen, 
But now in my head I have got a sort of notion 

That there's some place else somewhere that aint been seen yet. 
To find this place out is the only thing I live for, 

Ambition and fame in that single path lie 
Just to help me along some assistance pray give, for 

I'm bound to find Columbia, by jingo, or die ! 

King. What is't youv'e got within your silly brain 1 
Col. A Main land, sire, there is beyond the Main. 

Fonseca. Let it remain there. 
King. Stop a minute — 

We'll hear him talk, there may be something in it. 
Queeyi. Pearls and rubies grow tliere, we are told 1 — 
King. Now do be quiet ; — aye, and lots of gold. 
Col. I'm almost weary, sire, of telling o'er 

To Princes all the gifts I have in store, 

For him who will accept the golden key, 

And will for such a chance my patron be. 

To my own land I fain would give the prize. 

But there Avas no speculation in their eyes. 

And not a real but to realise 

My ardent Spirit's hope's, would they advance, 

French leave I took of them, and unto France 

Laden witli gall, pursued my weary way. 

But the great Lewis had by reckless play 

Collapsed his treasury, for like a stoker 

The British King had singed him at drawpoker, 

The winning King I tried, while he was Hush, 

But for my suit he did'nt care a rush, 



8 . COLUMBU?. 

Now sad and broken down, I've wandered liere, 
Without one ray luy onward path to clieer — 
The street my lodging and tlie stones my bed, 
An airy lodging for I've 'nary red ! 
Fonscca. Audacious peddler ! what is this we hear — 
You say our World is but a hemisphere, 
And there's another somewhere under ground 
That joined with it goes alway's bobbing round. 
Ckil. This earth's a globe. 

Kinq. Well, that's a round assertion- 

Then tell us, if you please, just for diversion, 
What does it rest on 'I 
Col. Circumambient sjiace — 
King. Circum-flddlesticks — you are a case ! 

And what's the reason that it doesn't drop 1 
Col. In endless revolution like a top 

It sleeps, — thus exquisitely poised in air 
By equalized attraction. 
Tonscca. Fool — beware ! 

We canot listen to such words as these, 
The stake has blazed for lighter lieresies ! 
Kinq. A lunatic — there's not a doubt of that — 
But in the meal-tub there may be a cat. 
Queen. Pour man ! We must do something for him. 
Kinfjf. Stay I 

Wait 'till we find out if the thing will pay, 
Friend Clnistopher, we're sorry for your plight, 
But pledge our roynl word to make it right 
If to our realm you'll add some foreign nation, 
Rich and disposed to stand extreme taxation, 
Prove you can do this, so that none can doubt it, 
And we shall give you — leave to set about. 
Col. But, sire, my scheme needs money. 

King. Well, then share it- 

Get \\\) a joint stock and don't over-" hear" it. 
Col. Craft I must have to sail in. 

King- '' Qnantum suf." 

Once you're in Wall street, you'll find craft enough, 
You dreamy fellow's, that don't know the ropes 
Sit down and starve ui)on your empty hopes, 
While sharper dunces tlu'ive. 
Col. I fain would know 

The way. 
King. To raise the wind you'll have to " blow," 
AVe'll call our conqjany — " tlie Anli-Fanic 
Perpetual Gold I'toducing Oceanic," 
And true de facto hicli old " Life and Trust — " 
Bound in due time to spread itself — 
Col. And bust. 

King. Of coursr', but not till wo go in snd win, 



Capital we'll call five millions to begin. 
Col. I shall not need a third. 

King. Oh ! have no fears, — 

We must provide for fast clerks and cashiers, 

Armies of " Blowers"- -" Runners" and " Advisers"— 

" Committees" — " Lobbyers" and " Advertisers" — 

And for your president a small gratuity. 

Some thirty thousand would'nt hurt us. 
Col. Query ! 

King. You would'nt go below our friends in Erie — ■ 
Col. j\Iy aspirations, sire, you only mock 

Who would be fools enough to take such stock ; 
King. Who, Sir 1 — Why everybody ! what stupidity, 

If you but nicely tickle their cupidity ! 

I'll prove it in an instant. Ho ! a Court ! 

[The court malies an immediate advance 

My lords, we're going to make you a report 

Of the first meeting for consolidaiion, 

Of our new filibustering association, — 

I mean for the encouragement of emigration, — 

Present — the president, myself — ahem ! 

Secretary and Treasurer ^ro tcm — 

Profits enormous, and the outlay small. 
Col. An old man's wearied life, X)erhaps, that's all. 

King. Who'll venture while the wheel of fortune whirls, 

Di\'idend's paid in gold or Jersey pearls : 

You should'nt let a chance like this go bye. 
Ferdinand. I'll take some stock ! 
Courtiers. And I — and I — &c. 
Fonseca. Just put me down. 

King. Archbishop, you a byer 1 
Fonseca Prudence is a cardinal virtue, sire. 
King. Now we must try the street — Pope say's you know, 

Man wants but [Jacob] little here below — ■ 

And we're all right. 
Col. Then care and sorrow's past, 

Hope dawns and life's worth living for at last ! 

[Flings away maps and stands abstracted 
Fwaseca. Look at the peddler ! 
King. .Just as sure as fate 

He's in a beautiful clairvoyant state ! 

Columbus ! Why are you in such amaze "? 
Col. Time onward passes, and my mental gaze 

Is on the future, lo ! I see a land 

AVhere nature seems to frame with practised hand 

Her last most wonderous work ! before me rise 

Mountains of solid rock that rift the skies, — 

Imperial vallies with rich verdure crowned 

For leagues illimitable smile around, 

While through them snliject seas for rivors rua 



10 COLCMBtTS. 

From ice boniui lr<acts to where the tropic sun 

Breeds in the teeming ooze strange monstrous things- 

I see upswelling from exhanstless springs, 

Great lakes appear upon whose surface wide 

The banded navies of the earth may ride, 

I see tremendous cataract's emerge 

From cloud aspiring heights, whose slipperj' verge 

Tremendous ocean's momently roll o'er, 

Assaulting with unmitigated roar 

The stunned and shattered ear of trembling day 

That wounded, .weeps in glistening tears of spray ! 

King. We grieve your sensibility to shock, 

See something else or down will go our stock. 

Col. I see upspringing from the fruitful breast 

Of the Vjeneficent and boundless West, 
Uncounted acres of life-giving grain, 
Wave o'er the gently undulating plain, 
So tall each ))lade that you can scarcely touch 
The top ! 

King. Ah ! now, my blade, you sec too much. 

Col. Within the limits of the southern zone 

I see i)lantations, thickly overgrown 
With a small shrub in whose white flower lies 
A revenue of millions ! 

King. You surprise 

Us now, M-e'll cotton to that tree ! 
Go on, old fellow, what else do you see 1 

Col. Some withered weeds — 

King. Pooh ! 

Col. From which men can evoke 

Profit as wonderful 1 

King. From what 1 

Col. From smoke. 

King. Ah, now you're in the clouds again. Good gracious I 
Think of the stock, and don't be so fugacious. 

Col. I see a river, through whose limpid stream, 

Pastolus like, the yellow pebbles gleam ; 
Flowing through regions, where great heaps of gold, 
Uncared for, lie in affluence untold. 
Thick as autumnal leaves, the precious store. 

King. My eyes ! why didn't you see that before 1 
We'll go ourself, we mean we shall " go in." 
Go on. 

Col. - I see small villages begin, 

Like twilight stars, to peep forth timidly, 

Great distances apart ; and now I see 

Towns, swol'n to cities, burst upon the sight, 

Thick as the crowded firmament at night. 

I see brave science, with inspired soul, 

Subdue the elements to its control ; 

On ii'on wayr-, through rock and mountain river., 



COLUMBUS. 



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Kina. 



Col. 



Ving. 



7ol. 



King. 



<hl. 



King. 

Queen. 

King, 

Queen. 

King. 

Queen. 

King. 



Impelling mighty freights, by vapor driven ; 

Or with electric nerves so interlace 

The varied points of universal space. 

Thought answers thought, though scores of miles between — 

Time is outstripped 

We're not so jolly green. 
My friend, come, ain't you getting rather steep 1 
We beg to probability you'll keep. 
What see you now 1 

The plethora of wealth 
Corrupt and undermine the general health. 
I see vile madd'ning fumes incite to strife, 
Obscure the sense and whet the murderer's knife. 

I see dead rabbits 

That's enough — give o'er ; 
It won't be prudent to see any more. 
You've evidently over-taxed your head — 
Just take a whiskej' skin and go to bed. 
Meantime, we give our royal approbation 
To your grand scheme of general annexation , 
And that in stealing gold you may not cease, 
Receive the order of the "Golden Fleece." 
I must keep dark — of course you have the " nous" 
To pass judiciously the custom house. 
It will be hard, I know, to put the blinders 
Upon the new marshall Don Isaiah Rynders. 
Our freight, mere farming implements we'll call — 
A cargo of threshing machines — that's all. 
The oyster trade just now is rather bad, 
We know a couple of sloops that can be had 
Dirt cheap for cash. We'll give you the command, 
And you can start at once. 

I'll be on hand 
At any moment, sire, that you propose — 
My trunk is packed, when I put on my clothes. 
Hope and your royal favor to my heart 
Ambition impulse energy impart, 
Ere long, like swelling sails, to be unfurled ; 
Blow, friendly gales, they'll bring you back a world. 
Bring back a world ! that would be, I must say, 
Handsome return for such a small outla}'. 
Dear me ! does anybody know how late 
Itisi 

I don't for one. 
It's half-past eight. 
Good gracious ! 

Yes, indeed. 

Well, don't you worry; 
We'll go to bed, but as we're in a hurry — 
The scene must operatically end — ■ 
iVe'U sing good night to our distinguished friend. 



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SiiEEPY Chorus, icWi yawning accompaniment., in ichich it is hoped 
the spectators will not join. 

Fonseca. "Enchantress." 
We are so nappy tliat to bed we must start, 

The courtier dotli easily lie ; 
To make us happy, though before we depart, 
A ni^ht-cap I'll have on the sly. 

Oh deary me, how sleepy are we, 
Ye — ah! — aw! [yawning,] &c. 

Duetto Cordiali. Ferdinand and Columbus. 
Sonny, all right, good night, 

We'll meet, at breakfast in the morning. 
And take a bite when the early light 

Of the morn gets up, the dawn adorning. 
In all the independent journals 

We'll have a first-rate notice ; 
To succeed without the aid of the diurnals, 

We know now-a-daj' no go 'tis, &c., &c. 

[All go off with bed candlcstichg. 

SCENE II. — A mcdcst and retiring apartment in the palace. 

CoLUMBDS enters iviih a nightcap, which, in a moment of abstraction, 
he swalloivs. 

Col. I've made a precious bargain here, I swear — 

This downey king expects the lion's share 
And hasn't taken one, the common way 
In which the poor world- worker gets his pay. 
On one side, enterprise, toil, danger, death ! 
And on the other, mouthfuls of mere breath. 
A vain man — worshipped, transitory name, 
But ah ! to sparkle in the heaven of fame 
Eternal as itself, and life outlast, 
Slill ever-present in the living past. 
To think one's memory may iill unsought 
A Sovran throne within the realm of thought. 
When piled up centuries their shadow flings 
Across the records of forgotten kmgs; 
What to such destiny are earthly joys ? 

Ferd.nakd, {the king,) — in robe de chambre, and nightcappcd 
— looks from door, f. 

King. Friend Christopher, you're making too nuicli noise ; 

Please to remember this is not an inn. 
Col I beg your jiardon, sire, it was the gin ; 

By that, and your kind ]n-omises elated, 

I own I did feel somewhat elevated. 
King. Well, just blow off your froth and settle down. 'Exit. 



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Col. All lij^lit, j-our majesly. Oh, great renown, 

What slights aspiring poverty endures 
That tlirou2;li such patrons the great prize secures ; 
It riles me even now, to think this thing 
In after ages to my fame will cling, 
And like dead fruit upon the living tree, 
Hang on to my green immortality. 
Could this mean king, unless by my deserving. 
Awake the genius of a Prescott or an Irving! 
There's no use moralizing now, because 
Wliat will be will be, as what has been was. 
And talking of what will be — a strange thought 
.lust crossed my mind wiih difficulty fraught : 
If some small scribbler, in a future day, 
Should try to weave my story in a play, 
I'm curious now to know what he would do 
For female interest to carr.y through 
His plot, if any, for inij ivife's at home; 
I couldn't ask her majesty to roam 
Amongst my rude adventures — I guess 
He'll find himself in a delightful mess. 
He'll want a heroine, the rules despotic — 
Hollo ! that gin, by jingo, is narcotic. [Yawns. 

Where can he find one! Out of some French play, 
No doubt; that will be, then, the usual way. 
French thought, French plot, French wit, French moral, cast, 
And published, probably, by French, at last. 
I'm going — going — gone. [Sleeps. 

Columbia, appears inluminous opening, at hack — comes forward and 
touches Columbus, vho starts, and looks at her with astonish'meni. 

Colum. Columbus, wake ! 

Col. Hollo, ma'm, who arc you, for gracious sake — 

Attired in such extraordinary guise 1 
Colum. It's strange you should exhibit such surprise. 

Don't you know your own child 'I 
Col. I'm not so wise 

A father. 
Colum. No ! nor yet old Uncle Sam 1 
Col. Haven't the honor. 

Colum. Well, his niece I am, 

In fact the genius of the mighty land 

On which will rest your name and fame. 
Col. I understand. 

You're Hail Columbia, then — well, I declare, 

I'm very glad to see you — take a chair. 
Colum. ' Excuse me. 
Col. From your cap and spangled bodice, 

I took you first for Crawford'.s sculptured Goddess. 
Colvm And so I am — myself and Liberty 

Are one 



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Cot Thus, undivide'l nia3' you ever be. 

Colum. I feel obliged. 

Col. Pray tell me, if you please. 

Are you that same liberty Demosthenes 

So thundered for, until the cute invader 

Beneath the patriot espied the trader, 

And putting golden pebbles, it is said, 

Into his mouth, shut up his noisy head 1 
<7olum, Alas, I am, and you need not be told 

That by such patriots I'm always sold. 
Col. Likely enough ; but may I make so bold 

As most respectfully to ask, what is it 

Produces me the honor of this visit 1 
Cohim. Of course you know you're sleeping in that chair 1 
Col. I did riot realize the fact, I swear. 

But if you say that 

Colum. I assure you. 

Col. Oh ! 

It's quite enough for you to tell me so. 
Colum. You wish to know, then, why I made this call 1 

Col. If not too much to ask 

Colum. Oh, not at all. 

You were just now much puzzled in your mind 

In wondering where a dramatist could find 

A heroine 

Col. Yes, I remember. 

Colum. Look at me — 

I mean, with you, to cross the Western Sea. 
Col. But what induces you so far to roam 1 

Colum Simply the wish to reach my future home 

As quickly as I can. By adverse fate 

Compelled reluctantly to emigrate, 

My business here is virtually ended. 

The firm of " Freedom & Company" in fact suspended. 
Col. I'm sorry to hear that — 'twas my belief 

That your investments here were just as safe 

As — the Bank of England, I was going to say, 

But lately that comparison won't pay. 
Colum But see, 'tis morning — your effects are stored, 

The ship awaits us — shall we go on board 1 

Conveying Liberty, that humble bark 

Unharmed shall ride, and like the primal ark, 

AVhere its keel rests another world arise, 

And Freedom hang its shingle on the skies. 
Col. Are my prophetic visions, then, so near 

Fulfilment 1 Oh, I feel uncommon queer; 

Is it ambition so distracts my head, 

Or last night's "tod" before I went to bedl 
Colum Courage, Columbus ; you have scenes of strife 

Before you — even periling your lifa 



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But I'll be with you in the hour of need. 
Col. I'm very much obhged to you. indeed — 

Thankful such guardianship to have secured. 

Between ourselves my ship is not insured. 
Colum. I'll take the risk. Behold our banner spread ! {Displays flag. 

Protection dwells within its folds. 
Col. " Nuf ced." 

I'm game to follow that, so go ahead. 

Song — Columbus. " Star- Spangled Banner,^^ 
Oh, say, shall I see, ere my soul takes its flight, 

Though the last ray of life should be fitfully gleaming, 
A new country arise, on whose banner of light 

Freedom's sons may behold the bright heaven of their dreaming 
Should a factious hand dare 
Its proud folds to impair. 
May it ^vithering fall, and Columbia still bear 
Her own star-spangled banner, forever to wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 

[Exeunt, l. h. 

SCENE III. — The stage represents the deck of the Santa Maria. 

CoiiCTMBDS and his rude assailers discovered in threatening atititudes. 

Striking Cuokus op Mutinous Mariners. 

[Taken from miscellaneous sources.] 

" Our captain swears he'll have his fling 

So come lefs fling him in the 'frigidum sine,' 
For an old salt, 'tis just the thing, 
At home he'll be in the middle of the briney." 

Col. [Sings.] Must I be dished, while thus so surely 
Verging on the land of Plato, 
Its hard to be so prematurely 
Dropped just like a hot potato. 

Sancho. We'll give you one more chance unless you wish 
To give a free lunch to the hungry fish. 
You'd better take it, far enough we've come. 
So just 'bout ship at once and let's go home. 

Col. My home is on the rolling deep. 

Pedro. In another minute 

Your home, depend upon it, will be in it. 

Bartol. AVe've made up our minds, our grub and grog 
Are fading fast, there's not an egg for " nog " 
Left in the hatchway, if you don't consent 
To take the back track, it is our intent 
To sack you first and then to sack your stores ! 

Cot. Oh, men intractable, your chief implores 

But one day longer ! 



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Sancho. Not anotlier hour ! 

All. No! no! 

CoL Before such brutes 'tis cowardly to cower, 

AVhile 1 have life, riglit onward will I steer! 
Bariol. We'll cut your tiller-ropes soon never fear ! 

No longer listen to his common pleas, 

Seize the old tar and pitch him in the seas ! 

[They onake dangerous demonstrations. 
Col Oh ! Spirit of my vision, where art thou 1 

On thee I call, redeem thy promise now ! 

Enter Columbia. 

Colum. She's here ! [Sailors shrink back in affright 

Col. Vm. saved ! 

Colum. What means this horrid din 1 

If its a free fight, you can count me in ! 

So many against one, nov/ understand 

To aid the weak I'll always be on hand ! 
Col. The Indian Empire's mine, your threats I mock 

Rebellious teapoys, now / " have-a-lock," 

AVill shut you uj) ! 
Sancho. Hallo ! I\Iy precious wi^, 

Here's a strange craft with a new fangled rig ! 

Where do you hail from 1 
Colum. Back, senseless crew ! 

'Tis just such mindless reprobates as you 

That mar the calcrdations of the wise. 

And clog the wheels of glorious enterprize ! 
Pedro. Pshaw ! this palaver, mam's all very well, 

But where we're driving to if you could tell, 

We'd like it better. 
Colum. [To Columbus] Yoii are not so blind 

But in the passing current you can find 
. Sure indications that the land is near. 
Col. Within my heart I thought so, but the fear 

Of raising hopes the end might not fulfil, 

Stifled the new-born thought, and kept me still. 

See ! Sec ! What's floating there 1 
Sancho. By jingo! greens! 

And now I smell — 
Pedro. What 1 Orange groves 1 

Sancho. No, pork and beans ! 
Pedro. Hogs! then hurrah ! our tribulation ends, 

Its very clear we're getting among friends ! 
Bariol. Look, look, here's something else now passing b}". 

[Tlicy fish lip a 2)iece of Connecticut pastry^ 
All. ~ What is it 1 

Colum. What, you pumps, why pumpkin pie! 
Sanclio. What s this ] 

[Fishes up immense walking -stick icith knobs on it 
A knobbv stick 



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Yankee Doodle." 



And on the knob 
Inscribed distinctly — 
All. Whatl 

Sancho '• The Empire Club. 

" The owner fitly will reward the finders 
" If it's returned — " 
All. To whom 1 

Sancho. " To Marshall Rynders. 

[^4 Play-Bill isJisJud up. 
An. What's this •? 

Colum. A bill of Burton's Theatre, you noodles ! 
Col. What are they doing now there 1 

Colum. " Sleek and Toodles." 
Col. I hear the birds. 

Colum. They're cat-birds if you do. 
Cd. The cat bird's song must be " the wild sea-mew," 

There's music somewhere nigh. 
Colum. Don't be emphatic, 

It's Dodworth's band on board the Adriatic, 
She'll pass us soon upon her trial trip, 
Look at her well, Columbus, such a ship 
You never saw — and never will, I swow, 
Unless he dream it, as he's doing now. 
[Tlie Adriatic passes across, the Hand playing 
Colum. See where she steams majestically down. 
Sancho. My eyes and limbs, why it's a floating town ! 
Col. Right against wind and tide and not a sail, 

The flying dutchman, that is, without fail: 
Hurrah ! look there, I'll take my oath I spy land ! 

Of course you do. 
What is it 1 

Coney Island ! 

[All the sailors cluster around Columbus. 
Sancho. Oh, glorious admiral, upon our knees 
We ask forgiveness — 

See what men are these 
Attired in such extraordinary style 1 
They are the magnates of INIanhatta's Isle, 
Every distinguished guest they're bound to meet 
And feed— don't fear, they can afford to treat, 
For bospitalit}''s a public trait, 
Therefore the public can't object to pay. 
[Casile Garden extends itself from the Battery. Pier No. 1 appears, 
crowded with Reception Committees, ^'c. Columbus landed tvith 
the usual honors. " That Gun " takes its usual noisy part in the 
demonstration. Columbus is surround.ed by enthusiastic admirers. 
Columbia remains unnoticed in the back-ground. Banners dis- 
played on which are inscribed " Columbus for 3layor," " The 
People's Choice." " Columbus for Governor — Down with anybody 
else," " Columbus for President," " Liberty for ever," " Who dare 
rippose us." 



Colum. 

Col. 

Colum. 



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18 COLDMB0S. 

1st at. Welcome, old tar ! 

2d at. Old fellow, how do you do 1 

Col. Exceedingly well, I tliank you, how are youl 

1st Committee Man. Here, take my arm and lei's escape the crowd 

2d C. 31. Hello ! this pipe-laying can't be allowed ! 

His party has no chance, sir, we can lick it, 

With such a name as yours upon our ticket. 
C. Man. You see we've lost no time. [Points to Banners. 

Three cheers for Columbus! [They cheer vociferously. 

Colum. As I expected 

By those time servers, I'm of course neglected. 
2d Co'm. Keep silence there for the address ! 

[About to read long document 
Isi Com. Go 'long ! 

Dry up ! Where's Kerrigan 1 let's have a song ! 
All. Hurrah ! a song, a song ! 

FrxAiiK — Disconcerted piece, hyihe antagonistic Politicians. 
Chorus, " Gustave " Vive le Roi. 

Swearing death to all who cave 

What care we for the law 1 
He who bolts, we'll touch the knave 

On the raw, on the raw. 
Hearts that gold and rum inspire 

Legal threats ne'er can frigiit. 
He who slumps we'll knock him higher 

Than a kite, than a kite. 

Infernal Row, a la Robert le Diable. 

Sound the tangrang and the hibang 

Let the cowbell ding-dong ; 
Blow the riprack and the grijisack. 
And the soft hotel gong ! 
Shout away it does'nt matter what you say, 

Tol de dol de diddle day. 

The Curtain Falls to Babylonish ConfusxoH, 



B^U OF AUX I. 



COLUMBUS. 19 



ACT II. 



SCENE I. — In winch tk a spectators are gratified hy another view cj 
the same palace, but in an empty state. It being the 1st of May 
His Ma.'esty moves in, followed by Rodriguez de Fonseca. 

Ki.ig. Archbishop, we're dyspeptic, dull, ennuyed, 

And some amusement very sadly need. 
Fon. Sire, I'm your soul's physician, solely, so, 

AVhat medicine to prescribe I hardly know, 

The operatic folk are here to day. 

And give, I'm told, a splendid matinee. 

The sweetest singing birds I understand 

That ever came from song's own native land, 

Delicious Italy ! 
Kiig. Delicious goose ! 

Yo'i know the squalling's only au excuse. 

The whole affair you may depend upon its 

Only an opening show of new spring bonnets. 
Fon. A play perhaps might quicken your sensations. 
King. I'm sick of local plays and French translations. 
Fon. The model artistes — 
King. [ Virtuously indignant] What 1 
Fo7i. Not as ovignally 

Shown, but etherialized — there's a new ballet. 
King. No, no, I'm tired of their old Grandpas, 

And can't translate their jumps and entrechats. 
Fonseca. Some painting's have arrived, sir, which are said 

To be superior. 
Kiny. Is the artist dead 1 

Fonseca. Not yet, my liege, I think. 
King. Ah, that's a pity w 

They won't sell 'till he is, in this great city. 
Fonseca. I scarce know what amusement to propose — 

Were you in temper for exciting shows 

We might go hear the aldermen debate. 

Or the police commissioners dilate 

On party straws, while through the city's walks 

High-handed rowdyism rampant stalks. 
King. Be good enough to change the conversation 

We cannot help the city's situation, 

If it's inhabitants don't watch the game 

And see all's fair, they've but themselves to blame 

Rule or mis-rule depends upon their voice 

They pay's their money and they has their choice, 

Can you suggest no kind of recreation 

To quell this hypochandriac sensation 1 
Fonseca Well, let's see. Sire— if you have the leisure 

You might; oambining piety and pleasure. 



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King. 



Fonseca. 



King. 



King. 
Diego. 

King. 
Diego. 
King. 



Cook a few heretics. 

[Rising up.] That would drive oft'tlie blues ! 

I could erijoy a dozen roasted Jews 

On the half-shell— 

Sire, I regret to say 

We're out of Jews, upon your last birth day. 

We dressed them all. 

AVhy, V)hat a burning shame ! 

Is there nothing unorthodox that you could name 1 
Fonseca. Scores of poor debtor's in our prison's dwell — 
King. Would rather fry of course, — they'll do as well. 

Enter Diego, unceremoniously. 

What ho ! Diego, whence this anxious face 1 

[FresenVs Telegraph.] A Telegraph, your highness from 

Cajje Race. 
For us it seems — well, what of that, my lad 1 
Sire, I'm in hopes there may be news from dad I 

[Unfolding stri]} oj paper. 
Faith it's extensive, from it's length I guess 
T'was meant for the assoicated press ! [Reads. 

" Discoimt increased" — "Fund's easy" — " Cotton" — bother 
" The Queen's expected soon to have another" — 

Diego and Fonseca. [Naturally surprised.] AVhat 1 

King. " Drawing room" — Pshaw ! they leave that line set up 
" Improved stock" — " Agricultural prize cup" — 
Ah ! here we are — " Now coming through the sound 
The Sloof) Santa Maria homeward bound. 
"Columbus master — from the Indian oceans, 
" Freighted with odds and ends, and Yankee .Notions.'* 

Diego. Dad coming home ! huzza ! I hope and trust 
The old boy's brought back plenty of the dust 
If so his pockets will be soon attacked, 
I'm deuced short just now, and that's a fact. 

King. Our admiral returned, with lots of gold 

Of course, our Bell this good news must be toU' ! 
Ah '. here she is ! 

Enter Isabella and the wJiole Court. 
King. Come, Bell, our oceanic stock'.s 

Bight up, we'll have a pocket full of rocks. 
Queen. I'm glad to hear such welcome sounds as these « 

Beck's bill is stifTand so isTiiianny's. 
Fonseca. Columbus back ! from him I'll take the shine 

Or else his star will overshadow mine. 
King. We're in such jolly spirits we could sing — 

And will — play up ! [To leader of or-h'sira 

Leader. What, sire 1 

King- Oh ! anything. 

Leader. The gold song from " Robert V 



COLCMEIJS. 2] 

King. Thai's just the thing! 

Singular vocal melange — King. — '■ Robert le Diable. 

Gold, gold, gold, is no chimera 
Though sung to the opera stalls, 
Bold, bold, bold, to risk so queer-a 
Joke within the opera walls, 
Where so much capital moulders 
And tlie dividends don't come along 
Every blessed shareholder's 
Most unmistakably sold for a song. 

Choral interruption — ''Rigoletto'^ 

Hard times, bard times, we've suffered 
Enough by the hard times 
Par-times, par-times, we'll soon have the regular par-times ! 
Star times, star times, Columbus will bring in the star times ! 
Let's meet him, and greet him 

With a hip ! hip! hip ! hurrah ! 

Selfish and unprincipled solo — Foxseca. — " Poor Soldier." 

Now the money panic, 

Lately so tyranic, 

Is bound to start it's apple-cart 

Before the " Oceanic." 

Oh ! the " Oceanic!" 

I owe the " Oceanic" 
A heap for shares, so unawares 

Must " bear" the '• Oceanic." 

Solo — Diego — '•' The Qual-er's Wife." 

Father and I are both in town, 

For up he's got to poney, 
Or I shall have to simmer down, 

And think of matrimony. 

J/er Majesty signifies her intentions — "Jeannette and Jeannot." 
Oh ! I'll have such brilliant parties now as never yet were seen, 
For lately my allowance was particularly mean. 
But now the specie's flowing in, the banks will all be flash, 
And you had best believe it, that we'll go it with a rush. 

"Lucy Neal." 
And all will you see kneel. 
Oh, all will you see kneel. 
Before the great and mighty dollar 
All will you see kneel. 



22 ooLiTMntJS. 

Enter Fernando. 
Fernando. My liege ! my liege ! 
King. Why, what irruption's this 1 

Or rather interruption, what's amiss 1 
Fernando. Nothing, my liege, I bear you welcome news! 

Columbus ! 
King. That's another pair of shoes ! 

Has he returned 1 
Fernando. Just landed, and I'm told 

Has brought you, sire, about a ton of gold ! 
King and all. A ton ! 

Fernando. More or less, 

As New Year's sifts he brings 
From the New World such rare and curious things 
As he could pick up in so short a stay 
Which at your royal feet he beg's to lay ! 
King. Now curiosit}' our bosom shakes ! 

We grant his suit, go hurry up the cakes ! 
Fonseca. Your highness, this ambitious man I fear, 

Puffed by success, will cause disturbance here. 
King. Don't be alarmed, we know wiiat ive're about j 
When we have turned the vagrant inside out 
In kingly style — away he'll have to pack — 
AVe'll take his presents and give him the sack. 

[All the couHiers crowd the sides, kept back by guards. 
Fonseca. Where are you pushing to ! stand back ! 
[The Trans- Atlantic procession files in in the folloiving order: A small 
detachment of Police to clear the way — a group of Indian slipper 
and smoking cap sellers, with their banner. A glass ballot box, 
carried by a politician of character, supported by a few distin- 
guished members of the "Dead Rabbit Club." The Prince of Hum- 
bugs, mounted on a superbly-caparisoned woolly horse, and attended 
by alive merma.id and the nurse of Washington. Two Ethiopians, 
bearing respectively a mint julep and a sherry cobbler. Cuttle, 
Sleek and Toodles, arm-in-arm. King Powhattan , Pocahontas and 
John Smith. The Almighty Dollar, in regal robes, and promiscu- 
ously attended. Al^ the States, represented by beautiful young la- 
dies, surrounding Columbus. An alleqorical mask, inierrupte.i 
by noise without. 
Col. What tumult's that 1 

New York. ]\Iiss Kansas, 1 suppose 

She's crying to get in. 
Col. What, with her bleeding nose 1 

I told her she would have to wait a cure, 
And when her Constitution could endure 
Fatigue, she miglit come in. Why here she is ! 
[Kansas enters and causes great confusion among the States, the 
Imp of Discord attends her, who is finally quelled by Columbia. 
and harmony is restored. 



23 



[To Col. 



King. Coliitul)us, we are pleased. 

Queen. And we — 

King. Keep sliady ! 

Bell. Won't you introduce me to your lady 1 
Col. Only too proud. Columbia! 

Colum. I'm on hand ! 

Col. Let me present you to King Ferdinand, 

Queen Isabella. 

[CohvsiBik shakes hand energetically with their majesties to the greai 
consternation of the Court. 

Colum. Hollo! AVhat's out 1 

Col. My pet, 

You've outraged all the rules of ettiquette. 
Colum. What should I do 1 

Fon. Why kneel, the rules demand it. 

Colum. I can't — my constitution wouldn't stand it. 
King. We'll wave the ceremonial. Can these be 

Your children that we look at 1 
Colum. Yes, sirree ! 

I have a few more young uns on the " farms " 

Besides one most unruly babe in "arms," 

Miss Utah, but we soon shall cure her ills 

With some steel drops and '■^Harney's" leaden-pills ! 
King. Columbus, what reward can we bestow 

On you for giving us this goodly show 1 
CgI. My liege if I've accomplished well my task 

And gained your favor, it is all I ask. 

Our fillibustering scheme I've carried through. 

The country's safe, and now belongs to you. 

Bye and bye, perhaps, when they've experience bought. 

They may return us the same blow we taught. 
King. Such magnanimity our bosom charms, 

So we present you with — a coat of arms, 

Together with the name and rank of "Don — '' 
/'oh. My liege, our precincts now yon trench upon, 

'Twill be bad precedent to lift poor merit 

Up to their level, who by blood inherit. 

What has he done except what I or you 

Or any accidental fool could do^'? 
Colum. I'll tell you — 
Col. Don't be riled, I'll see you through. 

Bring me an egg. [The egg is brought. 

If you're with skill endowed 

To make this egg stand up, I'll treat the crowd. 
[They individually try the experiment which is a failure all round 
Diego. I'm beat ! 
Fernando. I'm sold ! 

King. We're bothered. 

Fot^ Wliere's tlie fun 



24 ooLUMncs. 

Ill this 1 It's evident it can't be done, 

Cdlum. Oh ! yes it can ! 

King. We'd like to see the way. 

Fon. I'll stake my head it can't ! 

Colum. " A dreadful lay," 

Here's to decide it ! Now behold, oh king, 
What great effects from such slight cause will spring ! 

[Gong. The scene shifts for itself and discovers the egg of Colum- 
bus, heing inuch magnified, tvhich changes to the Temple of Fame, 
in which are grouped a selection from American celebrities on a 

' pyramid. Columbus takes his place. 

Finale. — " Hail Columbia.''^ 

Hail Columbia's honored band, 
Hail ye worthies of the land, 

I5y freedom broke 

From the foreign yoke, 
We the benignant stars invoke 

Protection evermore. 
To shed upon thy friendly shore. 

May Columbia's happy land, 

Rifted by no traitor hand 
United be 
From sea to sea 
The home of Peace and Liberty t 



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104 House Dog 
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106 Matrimony 

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118 Love in Humble Life 

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VOL. XVL 

121 Children in the Wood 
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147 Ladies at Home 

148 Phenomenon in a Sm«ak 
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149 Comedy and Tragedy 

150 Opposite Neighbors 

151 Dutchman's Ghost 

153 I'ersecuted Dutchman 
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156 A Gentleman from Ire 

157 Tom and Jerry [land 

158 Village Lawyer 
153 Captain's not A-mlss 

160 Amateurs and Actors 
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163 Mrs. Caudle 

164 8ho.kspeare's Dream 

165 Nepvune's Defeat 

166 Lady of Bedchamber 

167 Take Care of Little 

168 Irish Widow ( Charley 
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170 Hliam Hireout 

171 Double-Bedded Room 

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173 Vermont Wool Dealer 

174 Ebenezer Venture [ter 

175 Principles from Charac- 

176 Lady of the Lake (TravJ 
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178 Barney the Bai-en 

179 Swiss Swains 
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181 A Roland for an Oliver 
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183 Dumb Belle 

184 Limerick Boy 
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186 Teddy the Tiler 

187 Spectre Bridgroom 
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189 Jenay Liud 

190 Two Buzzard* 

191 Happy Man 

192 Betsy Baker 
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195 Object of Interest 

196 My Fellow Clerk 

197 Bengal Tiger 

198 Laughing Hyena 

199 The Victor Vauqulabed 

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202 Yankee uand. 

203 Norah Creina 

204 Good for Nothing 

205 The First Night 

206 The Eton Boy 

207 Wanderiiig Minstrel 
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212 Love in Livery t383 Dick Turpin 

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214 Trying It On. 285 Young Actress 
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318 A Family Failing 

219 Adopted Cnlld 

320 Turned Heads 

321 A Match In the Dai 

223 Advice to Husbinf 
333 Siamese Twins 

224 Sent to the Tower 
VOL. XXIX 

325 Somebody Else 

220 Ladles' Battle 
327 Artoi Aotlnj 

228 The Lady of the L' 

229 The Rights of Man 

230 My Husband's Gh 

231 Two Can Play a 
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232 Fighting by Proxy 
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233 Unprotected Pem« 
234PetofthoPettlooe 

235 Fjrty and Fifty 

236 Who Stole the P 

237 My Son Diana 

238 Unwarrantable I 
■239 Mr. and Mrs. Wh: 
240 A Quiet Family 

VOL. XXXJ. 
341 Cool as Cucambei 

242 Sudden ThougbU 

243 Jumbo Jum 

244 A Blighted Belnj 

245 Little Toddlekins 
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248 PerpIexingPredlt 
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249 Dr. Dilworth 

250 Out to Nursa i 

251 A Lucky Hit 

252 The Dowager 

253 Metamora (Bvrles 

254 Dreams of Deluslt 

255 The Shaker Lovei 

256 Ticklish Times 
VOL. XXXIII. 

2.57 30 Minutes with a 

>58 Miralda: or, the i 

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259 A Soldier's Court! 

260 Servants by Legac 

261 Dying for Love 
263 Alarming Sacrlflo 
263 Valet de Sham 
364 Nicholas Nickleby 

VOL. XXXIV. 

'.205 The Last of the PI - 

King Rene's Dang 

267 The Grotto NvmpI 

268 A Devilish Good J 

269 A Twice Told Tale 

270 Pa.s de Fascinatioi 

271 Revolutionary Sol. 
273 A Man Without a H 

vol: XXXV. 

273 The Olio, Parti 

274 The Olio, Par. 3 

275 The Olio, Part J 
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277 Seeing Warren 

278 Green .Mountain B 

279 That Nose 
•280 Tom Noddy's Seen 

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